For Sale : Utah State Geology Publications

Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey
= Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
affiliated with The College of Mines and Mineral Industries
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Bulletins - Special Studies - Survey Notes - Utah Geology journal - Water-Resources Bulletins
For individual items from other UGS series, see Misc. section at bottom of page.

Utah Geological Association
originated in 1970 from a merger of the Utah Geological Society (UGSociety),
Intermountain Association of Geologists (IAG),
and Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists (IAPG).
UGSociety Guidebooks - UGSociety Publications - IAPG Guidebooks

Four Corners Geological Society (not on this page) - see ARIZONA.

Brigham Young University Geology Studies : Selected Issues

Misc. Utah Geology publications

See also : Out of Print Utah 15" (and other) Topographic maps, including some rare mining district maps.

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Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Bulletins 9x6" through #82, 11x8.5" after that. Illus.
Typeface (the font used) varies, some have a large plain font, others have a smaller more professional looking font.

Utah Bulletin 37 : 1950 : Geology of Eastern Iron County, Utah. by Herbert E. Gregory. 153p., 53 plates including geologic map in pocket. (VG. County name written on spine) $15

Utah Bulletin 43 : 1952 : Eastern Sevier Valley, Sevier and Sanpete counties, Utah : with reference to formations of Jurassic age. By Clyde T. Hardy. 98p., 9 plates in text, 4 figures, 1 table. (VG, County name written on spine) $15

Utah Bulletin 44 : 1953 : Geology of the Silver Reef (Harrisburg) mining district, Washington County, Utah. By Paul Dean Proctor. 169p., 11 plates, 8 tables, 13 figures. (All VG, but cover glue beginning to loosen from spine) $15

Utah Bulletin 45 : 1952 : Geology of the Selma Hills, Utah county, Utah. by J. Keith Rigby. 107p., 3 tables, 6 plates in text, 21 figures. (barely bumped corners) $12

Utah Bulletin 49 : 1963 : Kanab, the southern gateway to Utah. By Herbert E. Gregory. 24 pages, frontispiece, 11 figures. $9

Utah Bulletin 54 : 1963 : Oil and gas possibilities of Utah, re-evaluated. Compiled and Edited by Arthur L. Crawford. HARDBACK. 543p., 157 figures, 28 tables. With errata sheet. $22

Selected contents of Utah Bulletin 54 :
2 papers on Surface and structural setting of Utah.
12 papers on the Stratigraphic setting of Utah.
Evaluation by areas – 26 papers in the following categories.
- - Unita basin and northeastern Utah.
- - Great Basin and southwestern corner of Utah.
- - Transition zone between the Great Basin and the Canyonlands.
- - High Plateaus
Of many, here are some of the specific localities mentioned in "evaluation by areas" : Daggett county, Uintah county, Washington county, Markagunt and Kolob plateaus, Clear Creek gas field, Kaiparowits region, Colorado Plateau, Paradox basin, Desert Creek zone, Ismay zone, Lisbon oil and gas field of San Juan county, Mexican hat oil field.

Utah Bulletin 55 : 1956 : Clays of Utah county, Utah. By Edmond P. Hyatt. 83p., 23 figures, 4 tables. $10

Utah Bulletin 57 : 1956 : Middle ordovician - detailed stratigraphic sections for Western Utah and Eastern Nevada by Gregory W. Webb. 77p., 12 figs. $14

Utah Bulletin 69 : 1964 : Geology of Salt Lake county. 190p., 8 tables, 63 figures. Plus large color map in pocket. Sections in the bulletin include : General geology, Fossils, Glaciation, Lake Bonneville, Great Salt Lake, Floods and earthquakes, Mining, Nonmetallic mining and processing, Water Supply, Road Guide. (back cover has a short edge tear, county name written on spine) $10

Utah Bulletin 71 : 1961 : The mineral resources of Uintah county. By Robert G. Pruitt, Jr. 101p., 11 plates in text, 19 figures. (may have county name written on spine) $10

Utah Bulletin 72 : 1964 : Geology of Uintah county. By G. E. and B. R. Untermann. 112p., 49 figures, Color geologic map in envelope (on two sheets). Revised 1968.

Choose your copy of Bulletin 72 :
1964 Good (maps and text in envelope with taped edges). - $22
1968 revision Good (This copy does not have the maps in an envelope, they are just tucked inside the back cover). - $22

Utah Bulletin 73 : 1964 : Mineral and water resources of Utah. Compiled by the USGS in cooperation with the UGMS and the Utah water and power board. 275p., 56 figs., 20 tables. Incl. fold-out maps. 1969 Reprint in Utah bulletin format. Fair (VG, but cover neatly loose from spine - just needs a bead of glue) - $5

Utah Bulletin 75 : 1965 : Reconnaissance of the Tertiary sedimentary rocks in western Utah. By E. B. Heylmun. 38p., 5 figures (2 are maps in pocket) $13

Utah Bulletin 78 : 1968 : The cordilleran miogeosyncline in Nevada and Utah. By Richard Lee Armstrong. 58p., 10 figures, 4 plates (1 in text, 3 in pocket), 1 table. $12

Utah Bulletin 87 : 1970 : Stratigraphy of the San Rafael group, southwest and south central Utah. By A. E. Thmpson and W. L. Stokes. 53p., 62 figures (2 are fold-outs). Kaiparowits region. $20

Utah Bulletin 94 : 1972 : Oil and gas production in Utah to 1970. Compiled by Carlton Stowe. 179p. Organized by field name. Each with map and statistics. $12

Utah Bulletin 98 : 1972 : Analysis of gravity and aeromagnetic data, San Francisco Mountains and vicinity, southwestern Utah. By J. W. Schmoker. 24p., 21 figures, 2 tables. $15

Utah Bulletin 102 : 1973 : Mineral resource potential of Piute county, Utah, and adjoining area. By Eugene Callaghan. 135p., 75 figures, 16 plates in pocket, 40 tables. $65

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Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Special Studies 11x8.5", Illus.

Utah Special Studies 6 : 1963 : Geology and hydrothermal alteration in northwestern Black Mountains and southern Shauntie Hills, Beaver and Iron counties, Utah. By Max P. Erickson and E. Julius Dasch. 32p., 9 plates ( 3 in pocket). (lightly bumped corner) $14

Utah Special Studies 14 : 1966 : Geothermal power potential in Utah. By Edgar B. Heylman. 28p., frontispiece, 2 plates, 5 figures. (lightly bumped corner) $8

Utah Special Studies 17 : 1966 : Igneous complex at Wah Wah pass, Beaver county, Utah. By Max P. Erickson. 14p., 1 figure, 2 plates in pocket. $12

Utah Special Studies 18 : 1966 : Geology and coal resources of the Tropic area, Garfield county, Utah. By Richard A. Robison. 47p., frontispiece, 15 figures, 6 tables, 1 plate in pocket. $17

Utah Special Studies 19 : 1966 : Bituminous sandstone deposits, Asphalt ridge, Uintah county, Utah. By Robert B. Kayser. 62p., frontipiece, 3 plates in pocket (on a total of 4 sheets), 6 figures, 12 tables. $22

Utah Special Studies 24 : 1969 : Mineral resources, San Juan county, Utah, and adjacent areas – Part I : Petroleum, potash, groundwater, and miscellaneous minerals. By Howard R. Ritzma and Hellmut H. Doelling. 125p., 22 figures, 2 plates in pocket, 14 tables, 10 maps in text. SCARCE. $42

Utah Special Studies 25 : 1968 : Carcass canyon coal area, Kaiparowits plateau, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah. By Hellmut H. Doelling. 23p., frontispiece, 10 figure, 1 table, 2 plates in pocket. $5

Utah Special Studies 39 : 1972 : Analyses of oil extracted from oil-impregnated sandstone deposits in Utah. By R. E. Wood and H. R. Ritzma. 19p., 3 figures. (lightly bumped corner) $15

Utah Special Studies 42 : 1973 : Geology and diatremes of Desert Mountain, Utah. By D. C. Rees, M. P. Erickson, and J. A. Whelan. 12p., 6 figures, 1 table, 1 plate in pocket. (lightly bumped corner) $12

Utah Special Studies 47 : 1974 : Geology and mineralization of the Church Hills, Millard county, Utah. By R. L. Sayre. 22p., 3 figures, 3 tables, 2 plates in pocket. (bumped corners, short closed tear on back cover edge) $12

Utah Special Studies 51 : 1980 : Geology assessment of seismic risk in the Tooele and Rush valleys, Tooele county, Utah. By Benjamin L. Everitt and Bruce N. Kaliser. 33p., 13 figures (1 in pocket), 3 tables, 7 plates (3 in pocket on a total of 5 sheets). With figure, there are 6 sheets “in pocket” – there actually isn’t a pocket, so the folded sheets are loose. $8

Utah Special Studies 52 : 1980 : Studies in late Cenozoic volcanism in west-central Utah. Two parts in one binding.
Part I – Petrology of Late Tertiary and Quaternary volcanism in western Juab and Millard counties, Utah.
Part II – Geology and petrology of the Fumarole Butte volcanic complex, Utah.
By C. H. Turley, W. P. Nash, and J. B. Peterson. 58p., 14 figures, 27 tables. $16

Utah Special Studies 53 : 1981 : Geology of the fluorite occurrences, Spor mountain, Juab county, Utah. By Kenneth C. Bullock. 31p., 15 figures, 2 tables. $2

Utah Special Studies 54 : 1981 : Utah coal studies II. Part I – coal drilling, North Horn Mountain, East mountain areas, Wasatch plateau, Utah by Archie D. Smith. Part II – Geologic evaluation of a central Utah coal property, Wasatch plateau, Emery county, Utah. By John M. Mercier, and Thomas W. Lloyd. 44p., 8 figures, 1 table. $16

Utah Special Studies 55 : 1981 : Muddy creek coal drilling project, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. By Archie D. Smith. 57p., 4 figures, 11 tables, appendices include Muddy Creek, Quitchupah creek, Convulsion Canyon. $6

Utah Special Studies 58 : 1983 : Engineering geology of the St. George area, Washington county, Utah. By Gary E. Christenson and Roy D. Deen. 32p., 9 figures, 2 plates in pocket, 3 tables. SCARCE. $34

Utah Special Studies 60 : Geologic excursions in stratigraphy and tectonics : from southeastern Idaho to the Southern Inyo Mountains, California, via Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah. Geological Society of America guidebook – part II, edited by K.D. Gurgel. 1983. 92p. illus., road logs. (lightly bumped corner) $25

Contents of Utah Special Studies 60 :
Upper proterozoic diamictites and volcanic rocks of the Pocatello formation and correlative Units, southeastern Idaho and northern Utah, by Paul K. Link and George B. LeFebre.
Evolution of early Mesozoic tectonistratographic environments, southwestern Colorado Plateau to southern Inyo Mountains by John E. Marzolf and George C. Dunne.
Lower Mesozoic stratigraphy and depositional systems, southwest Colorado Plateau, by Ranaold C. Blakey and Larry T. Middleton.
Early Mesozoic Eolian transition from cratonal margin to orogenic volcanic arc, by John E. Marzolf.
Jurassic trackways in the Mescal range, San Bernardino county, California, by Robert E. Reynolds.
Permotriassic rocks in the northern Mojave Desert region and their tectonic significance, by J. Douglas Walker and B.C. Burchfiel.
Lower Triassic marine sedimentary rocks in east central Californa, by Michael Lewis, Charles Wittman, and Calvin H. Stevens.
Stratigraphic analysis of Middle (?) Triassic marine-to-Continental rocks, southern Inyo Mo9untains, east-central California, by Mark Oborne, A. Eugene Fritsche, and George Dunne.
The geology in and near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, Utah, by D.L. Baars.

Utah Special Studies 61 : 1983 : Geologic excursions in volcanology: eastern Snake River Plain (Idaho) and southwestern Utah, Geological Society of America. Guidebook - Part III, edited by K.D. Gurgel. 55p., illus., road logs. $4

Contents of Utah Special Studies 61 :
Holocene basaltic volcanism along the Great Rift, central and eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho, by M.A. Kuntz et al.;
Mid-Tertiary history of the central Pioche-Marysvale igneous belt, southwestern Utah, by
M.G. Best and J.D. Keith

Utah Special Studies 62 : 1983 : Geologic excursions in neotectonics and engineering geology in Utah, Geological Society of America guidebook - Part IV, edited by K.D. Gurgel, 1983, 109 p., illus., road logs. (Very Good condition, but Ex-library, so has some marks) $9

Contents of Utah Special Studies 62 :
1. Paleoseismicity along the Wasatch Front and adjacent areas, central Utah, by A.J. Crone;
2. Paleoseismic investigations along the Wasatch fault zone; an update, by D.P. Schwartz et al.;
3. Amount of displacement and estimated age of a Holocene surface faulting event, eastern Great Basin, Millard County, Utah, by A.J. Crone;
4. Late Cenozoic faulting in Heber and Keetley Valleys, northeastern Utah, by J.T. Sullivan and A.R. Nelson;
5. Lake Bonneville stratigraphy, geomorphology, and isostatic deformation in west-central Utah, by D.R. Currey et al.;
6. Geologic aspects of upper Stillwater damsite Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project, Utah, by J.L. Rogers;
7. Engineering geologic problems along Utah's urban corridor, by B.N. Kaliser

Utah Special Studies 66 : 1984 : Engineering geology of Park City, Summit county, Utah. By Harold E. Gill and William R. Lund. 42p., 15 figures, 3 tables. $3

Utah Special Studies 67 : 1986 : Low-temperature geothermal assessment of the Santa Clara and Virgin River valleys, Washington county, Utah. By Karin E. Budding and Steven N. Sommer. 34p., 15 figures, 4 tables, 1 plate in pocket. $2

Utah Special Studies 68 : 1986 : Engineering geologic case studies in Utah 1986. Edited by William R. Lund. 94p., illus., fold-outs. $3

Contents of Utah Special Studies 68 :
Geologic and hydrologic evaluation of Mt. Pleasant Watershed, Sanpete county, Utah.
Geology evaluation of septic tank and soil absorption system suitability, Dry Fork Canyon, Unitah county, Utah.
Engineering geology for land-use planning, Smithfield, Utah.
Preliminary geologic evaluatio of five proposed hazard waste facility sites in Utah.
Engineering geology for land-use planning for research park, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey : Survey Notes 11x8.5", Illus., Ave. 10-35p. Most with color cover.
Survey Notes is an informative, semi-non-technical magazine = the official UGS newsletter.
I have listed only one or two topics per issue - These are the feature articles (most also related to cover art).
Many (most?) have something on recent earthquake activity in Utah.

Utah Survey Notes 16(3) : 1982 : Liquid waste disposal problems in Utah - geologic perspective. $3

Utah Survey Notes 16(4) : 82/83 : Geothermal energy. $3

Utah Survey Notes 17(2) : 1983 : Thistle landslide (incl. color aerial photo). Geologic hazards of 1983. $3

Utah Survey Notes 17(3) : 1983 : Wasatch front mapping project. (neat color geologic map on cover) $2

Utah Survey Notes 18(1) : 1984 : Great Salt Lake incremental sampling program. $2

Utah Survey Notes 18(4) : 1985 : Earthquake hazards in Utah. $4

Utah Survey Notes 19(1) : 1985 : Utah's geologic mapping projects (neat color geologic map on cover) $2

Utah Survey Notes 19(2) : 1985 : Methane. $2

Utah Survey Notes 19(3) : 1985 : Industrial commodities in Utah. $2

Utah Survey Notes 19(4) : 1985 : Information programs at the UGMS. $1

Utah Survey Notes 20(1) : 1986 : Utah's geologic hazards. Earthquake activity. (corner of back cover missing) $3

Utah Survey Notes 20(2) : 1986 : Kane county geology. $5

Utah Survey Notes 20(3) : 1986 : Mining district studies. $3

Utah Survey Notes 20(4) : 1986 : CUSMAP - Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program. $3

Utah Survey Notes 21(1) : 1987 : Geologic hazards and land-use planning, Wasatch front. $3

Utah Survey Notes 21(2-3) : 1987 : COGEOMAP - Cooperative geological mapping project. $2

Utah Survey Notes 22(1-2) : 1988 : August 14 and 18, 1988 Earthquake. Status of UGMS. $4

Utah Survey Notes 22(3) : 1988 : Earthquakes and Salt Lake City. G.K. Gilbert to the present. $4

Utah Survey Notes 22(4) : 1988 : Radon. $4

Utah Survey Notes 23(1) : 1989 : Antelope Island State Park. $5

Utah Survey Notes 23(2) : 1989 : Emigration canyon debris flood June 1989. Highlights of 88-89 fiscal year. $2

Utah Survey Notes 23(3) : 1989 : Zeolite. $5

Utah Survey Notes 23(4) : 1989 : Utah landslides. $4

Utah Survey Notes 24(1) : 1990 : Focus on Millard county (color geologic map of same on cover). $5

Utah Survey Notes 24(2) : 1990 : Misc. short pieces, incl. Wasatch mountain glaciers. $1

Utah Survey Notes 24(3) : 1991 : Earthquakes. $5

Utah Survey Notes 24(4) : 1991 : New gravity map of Utah. $5

Utah Survey Notes 25(1) : 1991 : History of geologic mapping in Utah. Rock fall damage to residence in Hobble Creek Canyon. $3

Utah Survey Notes 25(2) : 1992 : Radon studies in Utah. $5

Utah Survey Notes 25(3-4) : 1993 : Horizontal drilling technology. Summary of Utah mineral Activity. $3

Utah Survey Notes 26(2-3) : 1994 : Hal Morris "Utah Mapper." Tufa deposits. Anatomy of a rock fall. Mass-movements, Canyon mountains. $4

Utah Survey Notes 27(1) : 1994 : Geologic hazards mapping, Pleistocene bison found. $3

Utah Survey Notes 27(2) : 1995 : Geothermal assessment. Gas reservoirs. Coalbed gas. $2

Utah Survey Notes 27(3) : 1995 : Edmund M. Spieker 1895-1978. Paleontology finds new digs. Rozel Point Petroleum. (once bent) $3

Utah Survey Notes 28(1) : 1996 : Ground-water. Zion Canyon landslide. $2

Utah Survey Notes 28(2) : 1996 : History of Potash production. Preserving Natural Aggregate. Kaiparowits coal field revisited. $2

Utah Survey Notes 29(1) : 1996 : History of mapping in Utah with tribute to mappers. $3

Utah Survey Notes 29(2) : 1997 : Farmington siding landslide complex. Other landslide and earthquake pieces. $2

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Utah Geological and Mineral Survey : Utah Geology 11x8.5", illus.,
Including illustrations and art by Brent R. Jones, Greg F. McLaughlin, Jim W. Hamblin, Sandra Stewart.
I listed the main articles, not always the short notes and other content like Earthquake activity.

Utah Geology Volume 1(1) : Fall 1974. 95p., illus., plus 6 plates in pocket. Includes errata sheet. (slightly rough spine end) $25

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 1(1) :
The Relicted Lands case.
Kaibab limestone and associated strata, Circle Cliffs, Utah.
Mt. Olympus Cove environmental geology study : an alluvial fan case history.
Summary of stratigraphy in the Mineral range, Beaver and Millard counties, Utah.
Detailed magnetic surveys in the Star range, Beaver county, Utah.
Bonneville Salt Flats – a possible geothermal area?
Short note : Cretaceous foraminifera from the Mule Ear Diatreme, San Juan county, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 3(2) : Fall 1976. Pages 70-144, illus. (cover corner creased) $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 3(2) :
Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Coalville and Rockport areas, Utah.
Classification of ripple marks.
Distribution in time and space of Late Phanerozoic normal faulting in Nevada and Utah.
Relict patterned ground, Bear River range, North-central Utah.
Type locality of Walcott’s Brigham formation, Box Elder county, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 4(1) : Spring 1977. 67p., illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 4(1) :
Subdivisions of the major physiographic provinces in Utah. (with great color map)
Heavy metals in the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Occurrence of petrified wood in coal, Kane county, Utah.
Pleistocene volcanic ash deposits in Utah.
Approximation of magnesium concentration by refractive index measurements in evaporating brines of Great Salt Lake, Utah.
The boundary between Uintah and Grand counties, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 4(2) : Fall 1977. Pages 68-152, illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 4(2) :
Petroliferous lithosomes in the Moenkopi formation, southern Utah.
An evaluation of the effect of proposed Lake Level and salinity controls on the Brines of Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Around the Henry Mountains with Charlie Hanks.
Early Middle Ordovician corals from Western Utah.
The prediction of Great Salt Lake levels on the basis of recent solar – climatic cycles.

Utah Geology Volume 5(1) : Spring 1978. Change of cover look. 84p., illus. (lightly bumped edge) $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 5(1) :
Lead and strontium isotopic study of Igneous rocks and ores, Gold Hill district, Utah.
Wind tides of the Great Salt Lake.
Manganese, molybdenum and selenium in the Great Salt Lake.
Preliminary geologic map of the wildcat creek area, Eastern Beaver county, Utah.
Gravity study of the Fumarole Butte area, Juab and Millard counties, Utah.
Stratigraphy of the coal-bearing Blackhawk formation on North Horn mountain, Wasatch plateau, Utah.

Utah Geology Volume 6(2) : Fall 1979. 85p., illus. $20

Contents of Utah Geology Volume 6(2) :
History of the Utah geological and mineral survey.
Geology of the Spry Intrusion, Garfield county, Utah.
Coal Accumulation in Upper Cretaceous Marginal Deltaic environments of the Blackhawk formation and Star Point sandstone, Emery, Utah.
Lithofacies of the Upper Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian Western Oquirrh group, northwest Utah.
Sanstone spar in the Trail mountain coal mine, Emery county, Utah.
Upper Permian and Lower Triassic stratigraphy of the Stansbury mountains.

Utah Geological and Mineral Survey : Water-Resources Bulletins 11x8.5", illus.

Utah Water Resources Bulletin 5 : 1964 : Reconnaissance of Water Resources of a part of western Kane county, Utah. By Harry D. Goode. 63p., frontispiece, 3 plates, 12 figures (1 in pocket), 7 tables. This publication is also numbered as Bulletin of the University of Utah volume 55(21) and Utah Engineering Experiment Station bulletin 127. $25

Utah Water Resources Bulletin 7 : 1964 : Geology and ground-water resources of the Jordan Valley. By I. Wendell Marine and Don Price. 68p., 30 figures (10 in pocket), 9 tables (1 in pocket) $10

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Utah Geological Society, now the Utah Geological Association : Guidebooks 9x6" Illus., softcover
These all have the main title GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH.

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 4 : 1949 : The transition between the Colorado plateaus and the Great Basin in Central Utah. By Edmund M. Spieker. 106p., 1 plate in pocket, 10 figures. Road logs. (owner's name, title written on spine) $12

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 8 : 1952 : Geology of the central Wasatch Mountains, Utah. With a number of sections by different authors, includes City Creek to Parleys Canyon to the Traverse Range, Northern Farmington Mountains, Wasatch hinterland, Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, Road Logs. 71p., frontispiece, 6 plates (2 in pocket), 9 figures. $9

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 9 : 1954 : Uranium deposits and general geology of southeastern Utah. Contains 8 papers covering history, radium, uranium, Colorado Plateau, Thompson area of Grand County, Big Indian wash – Lisbon valley area, Arches National monument, more. 115p., frontispiece, 18 figures, 5 plates, 2 tables, Road logs. (All VG except has water spot in blank margin throughout. Does not touch text or illustrations). $6

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 18 : 1964 : The Wasatch fault zone in north central Utah. Contains 5 papers covering various aspects of the Wasatch fault zone including Salt Lake county, Weber county, Davis county, more. 60p., 11 figure, 9 plates (plates are fold-outs bound in text). $12

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 19 : 1965 : Geology and resources of South-Central Utah : Resources for Power. Includes 11 papers, 177p., illus., fold-outs plus four folded sheets in pocket, Road Log. (Title written on spine, minor owner's marks on cover) $20

Contents of Utah Guidebook 19 :
Tectonic history of south-central Utah.
Pre-Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of the Kaiparowits region, south-central Utah and north-central Arizona.
Triassic and Jurassic strata of southwestern Utah.
Jurassic and Cretaceous stratigraphy of south-central Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah.
Stratigraphy of the Dakota and Tropic formations of Cretaceous age in southern Utah.
History of exploration for oil and natural gas in the Kaiparowits region, Utah.
Kolob, Kanab, and Kaiparowits coal fields in southwestern Utah.
New developments in the utilization of Utah coal.
Sources of water to supply coal-fired electric power plants in Kane county, Utah.
Ground water in the Navajo sandstone at the east entrance of Zion National Park.
Road logs

Utah Geological Society Guidebook 20 : 1966 : The Great Salt Lake. Contains 10 papers covering history, biology, geologic setting, Cenozoic structural basins, predecessors, sediments, hydrology, climatology, chemistry, industrial development and potential, rights of states to beds of navigable lakes. 173p., illus., fold-outs. $27

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Utah Geological Association : Publications 11x8.5" Illus.

Utah Geological Association Publication 11 : 1983 : Energy resources and geologic overview of the Uinta basin, 1983, Utah. Published for the Annual field conference of the Utah Geological Association, September 15-17, 1983. 73p., illus., maps road logs, bibliography. Includes three Field trips and reference data. (minor splash on cover edge) $25

Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists, now the Utah Geological Association : Guidebooks
HARDBACK, 11x8.5" Illus. In alphabetical order by title.

Geology and economic deposits of East Central Utah. 1956. Seventh annual field conference of the Intermountain Association of Petroleum Geologists (IAPG). Hardback, 11x8.5”, 225p., illus, numerous fold-outs and a plate (on 4 sheets) in pocket. Contents include 9 general papers, 13 papers on stratigraphy, 13 papers on economic geology, 11 historical sketches, 3 maps, and 7 road logs. Among many other locations and subjects, there is specific mention of archaeology, Uravan area, Arches National Monument, Colorado National Monument, gem collecting, Book Cliffs, Petroglyph of the mastodon, Skeetskadee and more.

Choose your copy of East Central Utah :
Very Good (owner's name on fly leaf) - $34
Good (Back hinge shaken and minor water mark in margin at upper spine end) - $18

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Brigham Young University Geology Studies: 9x6", Illus.

Brigham Young University Geology Studies volume 8 : 1961 : 6 papers, 200p., plus large folded plate. (minimal pencil marks, cover beginning to loosen from spine - easy fix with line of glue) $21

Contents of UT BYU Vol. 8 :
Petrology and petrography of Ely Limestone in part of Eastern Great Basin.
Late Devonian and early MIssissippian biostratigraphy of central Utah.
Pennsylvanian and Permian fusulinids of the Ferguson mountain area, Elko county, Nevada.
Stratigraphy and Leonardian fusulinid paleontology in central Pequop mountains, Elko county, Nevada.
Stratigraphy and tectonic interpretation of Oquirrh formation, Stansbury mountains, Utah.
Permian stratigraphy of NE Nevada and NW Utah.

Brigham Young University Geology Studies volume 10 : 1963 : This is a single article extracted from the volume : Bibliography and index of Conodonts, 1959-1963. 50p. (minimal pencil marks, cover lightly soiled) $6

Brigham Young University Geology Studies volume 12 : December 1965 : 7 papers, 210p., plus one loose folded plate. $21

Contents of Vol. 12 : December 1965 :
Thrusting in the southern Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
Nebo Overthrust, southern Wasatch mountains, Utah.
Paleoecologic implications of Strontium, calcium, and magnesium in Jurassic rocks near Thistle, Utah.
Paleoecology of the Twin Creek Limestone in the Thistle, Utah area.
Geology of the Stockton stock and related intrusives, Tooele county, Utah.
Stratigraphy and porifera of Ordovician rocks near Columbia icefields, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Lower Ordovician conodonts and other microfossils from the Columbia icefields section, Alberta, Canada

Brigham Young University Geology Studies volume 15 Part 5 : 1968 : Studies for Students No. 4 : Guidebook to the Colorado River, Part 1 : Lee’s Ferry to Phantom Ranch in Grand Canyon National Park. By W. Kenneth Hamblin and J. Keith Rigby. 9x6” 84p., nicely illustrated. 2nd edition 1969. (lightly bumped corner) $6

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Utah State Geology Publications : Misc.~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.

Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Gerster Formation (Upper Permian) in Nevada and Utah. By Bruce Richardson Wardlaw. 1974 PhD thesis, Case Western Reserve University. NOTE : This is a University Microfilms reprint, 8x6”, 239p., 19 figures, 2 tables, 16 plates. (Very Good. One page has penciled directions to the areas listed). $42

Biostratigraphy of the Great Blue Formation (UT) by Alan K. Chamberlain. 1979. This must be an excerpt from a M.S. thesis at Brigham Young University. 11x8.5" , 9p., illus. (once folded, minimal pencil marks) $2

Compass of the Sigma Gamma Epsilon (UT) : this issue has 6 articles and 55p. devoted to Utah (Wasatch front excursion, Utah Lake basin, Iron & steel industry in Utah, Bingham copper mine, Clays of Utah county, Oil and gas potential). 1953. plates in pocket. $8

Dakota group of Colorado Plateau. By Robert G. Young. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1960, Vol. 44(2), pages 156-194. $8

Dynamic equilibrium between an active uplift and the Sevier River, Utah, by David Jorgensen Harbor. 1988. Extracted from the Journal of Geology, vol. 106, pages 181-194, illus. $3

Early Tertiary stratigraphy of part of central Utah. By Donald P. McGookey. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1960, Vol. 44(5), pages 589-615. $5

Geologic Map of Daggett County, Utah, by Howard R. Ritzma. Folded, color, includes some historic photos with captions. Published as a supplement to Utah Bulletin 66. $5

Geologic Map of Uintah county, Utah, by G.E. and B.R. Untermann. Folded, color. TWO sheets, published as a supplement to Utah Bulletin 72. UGMS RS 90. (Upper edge (when folded) bumped. Outer seam edges rubbed. A couple short edge tears.) $10

Geology of the Bingham Mining district and northern Oquirrh mountains (UT). 1961 Utah Geological Society. Reprinted from Guidebook to the Geology of Utah. 25p., illus., photos, large fold-out plate. (Poor : rippled and a little stiff from water damage - still usable) $2

Geology of the Central Mineral Mountains, Beaver county, Utah. By Bruce S. Sibbett, and Dennis L. Nielson. 1980. Earth Science Laboratory, University of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City. U.S. Department of Energy report DOE/ET/28392-40, ESL-33. 11x8.5”, 42p., 1 figure, 2 large plates in pocket. (One huge plate is either on two sheets or has been cut neatly in half – this is a good thing, making it more manageable). (Good. Minor colored pencil marks on map). $35

Geology of the Gunnison Quadrangle, Utah by William N. Gilliland. 1951 University of Nebraska Studies - New Series # 8. 101p., illus., photos, plates in pocket. (Fair/Good : Cover and edge of page block have some soil. End papers foxed from contact with cover) $22

Hydrology of Lake Bonneville and sediments and soils of its basin. By A. J. Eardley, Vasyl Gvosdetsky, and R. E. Marsell. 1957 Bulletin GSA vol. 68, pages 1141-1202, 9x6”, nicely illustrated including neat aerial photo of Lake Bonneville beach. $10

Index to Topographic Maps of Utah = Index to Topographic Mapping in Utah. USGS. Each one is a large folded sheet with map coverage outlined and named. In addition to the regular 7.5” minute topographic map sheets produced up to that time, it includes some of the 15” and other smaller scale maps. These smaller scale maps are usually / frequently out of print now and no longer shown on the currently issued Indices from the USGS. Thus, the old indices can be very helpful in identifying the names and coverage areas for smaller scale topo maps. Tell me which date(s) you want : December 1964, April 1966, October 1966, May 1967, October 1969, February 1972, November 1973. $4 each.

Investigation of subsurface Isorad methods, Temple mountain, San Rafael district, Utah. By David N. Hinkley. 1952 United States Atomic Energy Commission report RME-4019. 11x8.5”, stapled. 26p., 6 figures, plus 16 fold-out plates. Uranium. (Fair. Water marked along spine, almost entirely on cover.) $15

Laramide faulting and orogeny on the North Flank of the Uinta Mountains in Eastern Daggett county, Utah. By W. R. Hansen and M. G. Bonilla. 1954. Colorado Scientific society proceedings, volume 17(1). 9x6”, 29p., illus.,, 2 figures, 3 plates, including fold-out map of the geology of the area between Manila and Browns Park, Utah. $15

Lower Zuni sequence in the Southwestern United States (UT), by P.L. Kehler. 1975 Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas. Institute for the Study of Earth and Man : Reports of Investigations 1. 11x8.5", 27p., illus. Pertains to pre-Albian portion of Lower Zuni sequence in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. (cover mildly soiled with multiple owner's stamps. One bumped corner). $4

Mineral associations in the Uranium deposits of the Colorado plateau and adjacent regions : interim report (UT). By John W. Gruner, Lynn Gardiner, and Deane K. Smith, Jr. 1954 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Softcover, 10.5x8”, staple bound with original taped spine, 48p. Covers Utah (San Rafael Swell, White Canyon, Inter River region, Moab, other places), Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. Characteristics of ores from all the individual mines. Somewhat crude production - typewritten, double spaced. (All VG, except cover a bit rubbed). $10

Mississippian and Pennsylvanian stratigraphy, Confusion range, West-central Utah. By Lawrence Odgen. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(1), pages 62-82. $5

Natural Resources of Utah. 1965 US Government printing office. Softcover 10.5x8”, 56p., heavily illustrated with vintage photos, Photographic cover. This is a US Department of the Interior publication intended to showcase the state. It now serves as a rather charming look back on the state as it was 50 years ago. Nice condition. $5

Northern Colorado Plateau. By J. Keith Rigby. K/H Geology Field Guide Series. 1976 Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. Softcover, 9x7”, 207p., illustrated. Covers a large part of central and southern Utah and a small part of northern Arizona. Many road logs and descriptions. (Minor soil) $7

Notes on various minerals in the museum collection. By Oliver Cummings Farrington and Edwin Ward Tillotson, Jr. 1908 Field Columbian Museum Publication 129, Geological series Volume 3(7). 9x6", 131-163, 11 plates and 6 figures. Contains very nice descriptions for a number of minerals (where they are from, what they look like and more) (includes COLOR plate of samples of Realgar and Orpiment from the Golden Gate Mine in Mercur, Utah). Original publication was softcover, but this copy has been library-bound into plastic-covered cardstock binder. (Good, with library and ex-library markings). $2

Occurrence and origin of Mississippian gas in Four corners region. By M. Dane Picard. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(9), pages 1681-1700. $4

Paleozoic geology of north and west sides of Uinta basin, Utah. By A.A. Baker, J.W. Huddle and D.M. Kinney. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1949, Vol. 33(7), pages 1161-1197. $6

Pennsylvanian system of Four Corners region. By Sherman A. Wengerd and Marvin L. Matheny. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1958, Vol. 42(9), pages 2048-2106. (several figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding) $8

Permian system of Colorado Plateau. By D.L. Baars. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(2), pages 149-218. (several figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding). $8

Preliminary lithologic and mineralogical data from the Delhi-Taylor oil company, Cane Creek No. 1 corehole, Grand County, Utah. By Omer B. Raup and Robert J. Hite. 1991 USGS Open File Report 91-324. This unpublished report is in the usual photocopied, stapled form. 11x8.5”, 24p., illus. $5

Racewinite : a peculiar mineral from ore deposits in Utah (Bingham area). 1918. Econ Geol. 5p. (cover darkened) $1

Reef limestones of Hermosa formation, San Juan canyon, Utah. By Sherman A. Wengerd. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1951, Vol. 35(5), pages 1038-1051. $5

Regional geophysical studies in Salt Valley – Cisco area, Utah and Colorado. By H.R. Joesting and J.E. Case. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(10), pages 1879-1889. $3

Report and recommendations for selected individual wastewater disposal systems in the Roosevelt and Vernal areas, Duchesne and Uintah counties, Utah. by James Rogers. 1977 Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Report of Investigations 119. 11x8.5”, 16p., plus many un-numbered illustration pages, about 30p. total. (staple bound photocopy - this may be how it was issued). $5

Report on the Frankie Mineral Claim and Frankie Mine, Gold Hill, Utah, for Taseko Mines Ltd. By J. W. Murton and J. J. Crowhurst, Bacon & Crowhurst Ltd, Vancouver, BC. 1971. 11x8.5”, comb-bound, 10 pages text, 5 pages of maps, plus 3 letters related to the report. This private report includes Location, Access, property and ownership, Physical features, History, Past Production, Geology, Mineralization, Conclusions, Recommendations, Estimated cost, Claim location map, Plan of mine workings, Section through main adit level. $28

Rock alteration as a guide to ore – East Tintic district, Utah. By T. S. Lovering. 1949 Economic Geology Publishing, Urbana. This is Economic Geology Monograph 1. Blue softcover, 10x7”, 64p., 5 plates (4 are folded in pocket, 1 is a fold-out frontispiece), 12 figures (1 in pocket). Thus, there are 5 items in the pocket. (Good. Covers are slightly larger than page block and are bumped where they overhang. Owner's stamps). $18

Salt Lake Region : 16th International Geological Congress Guidebook Excursion C-1. 1933 Washington. 8.5x5.5", 149p., multiple excellent fold-out maps. Background information, plus the excursions below. (Good : cover soiled. front cover also has creases. Inside is all very good). $34

Trips described include :
Wasatch front.
Bingham mining district.
Stratigraphy of central Wasatch and western Uinta mountains
Park city mining district.
Cottonwood region.
Mount Timpanogos
Tintic mining district.
Salt Lake City to Montpelier, Idaho
Dinosaur quarry of eastern Utah.

Small-scale structures and other features of Navajo sandstone, northern part of San Rafael swell, Utah. By George A. Kiersch. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1950, Vol. 34(5), pages 923-942. $5

Stratigraphy and structure of northeast Strawberry Valley quadrangle, Utah. By Harold J. Bissell. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1952, Vol. 36(4), pages 575-634. (Two figs missing narrow band where printing was close to binding). $8

Summary of airborne radiometric surveying in the Kaiparowits Plateau area, Kane county, Utah. 1954 United States Atomic Energy Commission report RME-73. 11x8.5”, stapled. 11p., 2 figures. Radioactive materials. (cover water marked at spine) $3

Tertiary well logs in the Salt Lake Desert. Prepared by Joseph F. Schreiber, Jr. Reprinted from the private records of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey reprint 39. 9x6”, 11p. (last couple pages have chip of blank corner tip) $2

Uncompahgre front and salt anticline region of Paradox basin, Colorado and Utah. By Donald P. Elston, Eugene M. Shoemaker, and E.R. Landis. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(10), pages 1857-1878. $4

Uinta mountains and vicinity : a field guide to the geology. By G. E. and B. R. Untermann. 1954. This is Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Reprint 43, reprinted from Paper 1 Utah Field House of Natural History). 9x6”, 11p. $2

Uintaite (Gilsonite) deposits of Utah. 1896 USGS. By George Homans Eldridge. About 11.5x7.5”. Pages 909-949, 6 tables, 2 plates (one is a large folded color map, the other is a color fold-out map), 8 figures. This original paper has been extracted from the “Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1895-96, in three parts. Part I - Director's report and other papers.” The spine is neatly taped. I have included a photocopy of the title page of the entire volume and the index to the entire volume. This is a convenient way to own this report without having to deal with the entire huge volume. $18

Upper Cambrian to Middle Ordovician conodont faunas of Western Utah : 1978 Pander Society Field Trip. 1978 Southwest Missouri State University Geoscience Series # 5. 11x8.5", 44p. (Fair : Minimal pencil marks. Noticeably bumped corners) $6

Upper Paleozoic rocks exposed in Straight Wash Canyon, San Rafael swell, Utah. By Walter E. Hallgarth. Extracted from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Bull. AAPG), 9x6”, illus. 1962, Vol. 46(8), pages 1494-1501. $3

Uranium emplacement in the Colorado Plateau. By Paul F. Kerr. 1958 Bulletin GSA, Vol. 69, pages 1075-1112. 34 figs., 3 plates, 6 tables. Covers Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico and border areas. $10

Utah … Treasure house of the nation, a century of mining 1863 – 1963. This is Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 31(3), Summer 1963. Softcover, 10x7”, pages 178-311, illus., color cover. Despite the cutsey chapter headings, this is quite a nice history of the various mines and mining districts. Very Good. $12

Contents of “Utah, Treasure House of the Nation” :
The mineral industry, a foundation of Utah’s economy.
Abundance from the earth : the beginnings of commercial mining in Utah.
Utah’s Cinderella minerals; the nonmetalllics.
From dearth to deluge; Utah’s coal industry.
Bulwark of the kingdom: Utah’s iron and steel industry.
Industry of Destiny : copper in Utah.
Wonder Mineral : Utah’s uranium.
Utah’s black gold : the petroleum industry.

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